Wire-stapling machine.



H. WEBER.

WIRE STAPLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED mm: 9, 1905.

1 11.1, 1 1 2, Patented Sept. 22, 1911.

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HENRY WEBER OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR TO LATHAIVI MACHINERY COMPANY,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS. t

I To all whom it may concern:

zen of the United States, residing s f WIBE-ST'APLING MACHINE.

W BER, a citiat Chicago, county of C0ok,and State ofIllinois, have invented certain new and useful Improve- Ma chines, of'which' Be it known that I, HENRY fica'tion. A

' This invention relates to wire stapling machines of the class shown and described in my -U. S. Letters Patent N 0. 683,823,

issued October 1, 1901, and isdesigned as an improvement thereon. i

The improvements relate to the means for guiding the wire properly into position on the anvil,

aswellas to features of minor 1 importance hereinafter pointed out.

201 while a former which embraces the anvil,

and, by engaging home by a suitable driver.

The anvil, in the usual machine of this class, is provided witha slot open at one side, into which the wire is projected and rests,

the projecting ends of the wire, turns said ends downwardly to produce the staple, which is thereafter forced This former has at grooves in its opposed faces arranged length r position directly 1 in wise of its line of movement receiving the ends of the stapleand holding and guiding the same while the staple is driven, and it is found to be quite diflicult occupy a to at all times line with to induce the wire these grooves, at the start.

.One object of the invention, therefore, is for holding the grooves of the former after it is placed on the anvil or and "the accomplishment within the groove of theanvil.

With a viewto the attainment of this end, of certain other objects which will hereinafter appear, the

- invention] consists in certain features of "novelty in the construction,

combination, and arrangement of parts, which willnow be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, and more a pointed out in the clalms.

according to this invention;

particularly In the said drawings, Figure l is a front elevation ofa partofawire stapling machine, partially broken away, constructed Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of a wire guide hereinafter described; Fig. 3 is-an enlarged side and in line with, the inner end of the slot in the anvil, for

the reverse rotation of the wheel a second dog in the form acting like the arm 6 to feed ng movement Patented Sept. 22, 1914. Serial No. 264,377.

elevation of a part of a wire stapling machme embodying my invention, partially broken away, and disclosing the wire guide; Fig. 4 is a section taken on line 4, 4, of Fig. .1.-Fig. is a detail of the construction shown in the lowerpart of Fig. 4, to show the staple former provided with grooves, with which the wlre must come into alinement when it 1s properly positioned in the anvil member.

e wire from which the staples are formed may be stored on spoolor reel, as

usual in machines of this type, and not necessary to illustrate or describe herein, and

from this reel it is fed through suitable guide passages to a tube or passage, which is usually constituted by a section of tube 1, screwed into the frame portion 2, for holding the wire preparatory to being severed by the wire knife 3, all as usual in machines of this kind. The wire in its passage to the tube 1 runs over a fixed support 4, over which is arranged a holding dog in the form of a serrated wheel 5, pivoted in an arm 6 in such a manner that wire attempt to make a retrograde or backward movement, and

may freely move upwardly away from the support in the direction of feeding movement of the wire, 5 being prevented by any suitable means, such as a set-screw 7 screwed through the side of' the arm 6. From the support 4, the wire passes overa second support 8, which is suitably mounted upon a pair of guide-rods 9, 10, as usual, and over which support is arranged of a serrated wheel 11 mounted in a pivoted arm 12, as usual, allow the dog 11 to move upwardly in the direction of m0vement of the wire, but to grip the wireagainst the seat or support 8 for preventing a relative rearward movement between the wire and the feeding dog.

rods 9, 10, and is suitably connected toan operating lever 13, pivoted at 14 to plate or head 15, and having an arm l6 arranged to be acted upon by cam 17, whereby the proper will be imparted tothe slide or. support 8, and the wire will be drawn from the reel between the support 4 and holding dog 5, and thereby projected through the guide-tube 1.

it may swing down- 'wardly against the support 4, should the The support 8 is in the form of a slide mounted upon the guidethereby serving to guide the driver and hold fit: accurately in position with relation. to I nationtwith an anvil?provided' withsawire [j-theformer and the anvil. 1

,--,As-the wire protrudes from-the wire tube rest therein 1 directly ,;52=,-' so that asthe former fail=toassumea position accurately in'line that the accurate placement of the wire in v55- being so positioned with relation to the. l slot eil in the anvil -linewith the inner end of the slot lhthe .;,e' dge s of the driver 51 being provided with tongues 53 fitting indescends-upon the upper endoi the staple 1 thus'produced.

. and the staple will not by any suitable spring 57,

43"is the anvil, which, as usual, is. providedwith an open-sided slot l linits end, and is mounted in any suitable socket i5, and Jprovidedwith a springer cushion 46, whereby it may be moved longitudinally, it being held against rotary movement.

t9 is the former, which is provided with side flanges 50, as usual, embracing a driver "5l, 'and the opposed facesof these flanges 50 are provided with grooves 52 extending lengthwise of the line of movement oi-the former',-and arranged directly over and in said grooves 52, and

1, it extends through the slot 44:, and should in line with the grooves descends, the wire being clipped oil, the ends of the wire 131 0% jectingfrom the sides of the anvil will bend downwardly and fit in the'grooves 52, and 1 will be thereby formed and at the same 1 time held. iii-position, while 1 the driver 51 It is quite obvious, there fore, that should the wire through any cause with the grooves 52, its ends will fail to {enter-said grooves as the-former. descends,

only be spoiled butthg- I'maC lHIm will be clogged and the parts, in order, therefore,

rendered inoperative.

beveled'or round d beveled wire guide line with the grooves 52 maybe fully as; "sured before the formerdescends into en gagement with it, a wire guide 5 1-' is arj against which the end of the wire impinges, should the-wire be the least out of line with the grooves 52, the inner edge of the bevel as to force the wire fully against the inner end of said slot.

m ns or moving: said guide. 2'

.This guide 5 as better shown in Fig. 3, is mounted on a pivot 56, so that it may sw ng .toward and from the line of movement 0i y .the wire',and it is pressed toward'the wire the guide and its spring 57, in this exemplification of the inventiombeing housed in a recess 58 formed in any suitable member 59 detachably secured, over the former 4:9 and driver 51, and

- also, if desired,

constituting a cover or guide for the outer side of] these parts, as well as limiting the outward movement of theanvil 4 3. 'Theupper side of the anvil 4:3"is beveled, asfshown at 60, so thatthe driver. will push the same out of the way as it, descends, and for the same purpose, one side of the wire guide 5i is formed with a I struck by the wire} 1 a beveled sho ulder the cam 17, while the driver is connected to a crank-pin 65 on the, cam by means-of" a link-fifig'and a pin-:67. 1

Wham claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent-is: a i 1a In a wire'stapling machine, the combiseat, a former for-forming the -wireovr said on which descends,

by any other suitable be engagedv nation-with an anvilhaving a wire seat, a

former for forming the staple over the anvil, and a driver for :driving the staple, of a having its bevel-arranged to be engaged bythe wire as'it moves into its seat'on. the anvil, for .forcingthe wireto its properposition in said seat and means for moving 1 he g uide:outof engagement 5 with-the wi re.

In. a wire stapling. the nation with an anvil guide arranged atthesidelof the anvil and at the end "of said-wire seat,so as to he in I *having' a; re ea a former for form ngthe staple over? the anvil,

and a driver, for driving the staple,- of a w re struck by the advance end ofthe wi re"as; it

emerges from the side of the anvil and the combi- .4. .In ,a wire stapling machine, nation w th an anvil hav ng'a w1reseat,'a

former for forming the staple over the? ann vil, having grooves for the ends of the staple, a; wire guide arranged contiguous to'the anvil in position wire for forcing thewire intofxline with said grooves and means I 5. In a wirev staplin'g--machine;-thecombination with an anvil having a wire seat, a staple former for forming the wire over the anvil, and a driver a wire guide arranged contiguous to the anvil and havin a beveled face'arrangedto be for guiding the wire into its proper position upon said'seat, and

the staple former, whereby the wire guide will beyforced out oi; the. way to permit the staple former to operate, l

' I a m h s th kin' specifi d, th

to be mpinged by the for moving the; .1 guide out of engagement with the wire.

fordriving the staple, of

arranged to be struckiby 1 combination with staple forming devices inpath of the staple forming-plunger as same eluding a staple forming plunger, of a descends to form the staple. spring-actuated Wire guide mounted on said In Witness whereof, I have hereunto set machine, its free end adjacent the path of my hand this 5th day of June 1905, in the 5 said Wire as said Wire is fed through said presence of the subscribing Witnesses.

forming devices, the free end of said Wire guide being beveled on the surface presented HENRY WEBER to said Wire and arranged to guide the end Witnesses: of said Wire in its proper course, said Wire M. A. WILLIAMSON,

10 guide being free to be pushed out of the M. G. CASTLE.

M Copies 01' this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of ZPatents,

Washington, D. G." 

